Yesterday, 11 November 2014, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the Norwegian Center for Cyber and Information Security (CCIS) sign a Memorandum of Understanding, initiating cooperation in the fight against cybercrime. Preventing and combating the increasing criminal activities in cyberspace demands a public-private partnership and enhanced cooperation across nations. The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), hosted by Europol, is contributing significantly to these efforts.
No crime is as borderless as cybercrime, requiring law enforcement authorities to adopt a coordinated and collaborative approach across borders, together with public and private stakeholders alike. Operations of this magnitude cannot be successfully concluded by national police forces alone.
EC3 provides a more collaborative response in cooperation with: EU Member States, key EU stakeholders, non-EU countries like Norway, international organisations, Internet governance bodies and service providers, companies involved in Internet security and the financial sector, academic experts, civil society organisations, National Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and the CERT-EU. Now CCIS also is a part of this cooperation.
To facilitate close cooperation, EC3 operates so-called advisory groups in which Norway is represented via its Center for Cyber and Information Security (CCIS). Established as a public-private partnership, CCIS promotes new ways of collaboration across organisations and sectors. 25 partners joined the CCIS initiative in order to increase capacity, preparedness, and operational effectiveness in preventing and combating cybercrime.
For further information about CCIS and its cooperation with Europol, contact the Chair of Board in CCIS:
Morten Irgens, +47 46 54 19 41 / morten.irgens@ccis.no www.ccis.no
For further information about Europol and the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), please contact:
Lisanne Kosters, Europol Corporate Communications, +31 70 302 5001 www.europol.europa.eu
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